Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 438 461
Rank change year-on-year -18 +23 +145
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 97 73 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.83% 1.94% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 42 60
10th Percentile £420 £256 £190
25th Percentile - £399 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £538
90th Percentile £588 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 12
10th Percentile - - £24.00
25th Percentile £29.00 - £24.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +160.00% -32.83%
75th Percentile £37.13 - £31.50
90th Percentile £58.75 - £66.60
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £51.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -41.75% +106.00% +8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,426 3,762 5,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.47% 12.18% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,200 2,192 3,563
10th Percentile £213 £235 £212
25th Percentile £362 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 131 327
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.42 £26.25 £23.05
Median hourly rate £33.39 £49.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -31.87% -13.26% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.48 £75.00 £76.16
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.37% -13.64% +30.95%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 17 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +29 46 £500 - 18
East of England - 21 £275 - 1
London -17 15 £535 -2.73% 8
West Midlands -22 7 £550 -2.22%
Midlands -23 7 £550 -2.22% 1
North of England -43 5 - - 4
North West - 4 - - 2
South West +2 2 £350 -36.36% 2
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.03%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 6 (6.19%) AWS
4 2 (2.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.06%) GCP
4 2 (2.06%) OCI
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.03%) IaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.03%) PaaS
5 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (58.76%) Firewall
2 29 (29.90%) Junos
3 27 (27.84%) Cisco Firepower
3 27 (27.84%) LAN
4 25 (25.77%) Cisco ISE
4 25 (25.77%) WAN
5 19 (19.59%) DHCP
5 19 (19.59%) DNS
6 18 (18.56%) BGP
6 18 (18.56%) NX-OS
7 15 (15.46%) WLAN
8 12 (12.37%) OSPF
8 12 (12.37%) PuTTY
8 12 (12.37%) Wireless
9 11 (11.34%) SD-WAN
10 10 (10.31%) Network Security
11 8 (8.25%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (8.25%) VPN
11 8 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (7.22%) IOS XR
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Git
2 3 (3.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (24.74%) Games
2 14 (14.43%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.40%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.22%) Finance
5 5 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.09%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.06%) Military
8 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Publishing
9 1 (1.03%) Electronics
9 1 (1.03%) Legal
9 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (53.61%) Network Engineer
2 24 (24.74%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 24 (24.74%) Platform Engineer
3 23 (23.71%) Support Engineer
4 21 (21.65%) Network Support
5 20 (20.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 20 (20.62%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 20 (20.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (20.62%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 20 (20.62%) Network Support Engineer
6 15 (15.46%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (15.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 12 (12.37%) Analyst
8 9 (9.28%) Senior
9 8 (8.25%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) Network Analyst
11 5 (5.15%) Network Support Analyst
11 5 (5.15%) Support Analyst
12 4 (4.12%) IT Support
12 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) Jinja
2 3 (3.09%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.03%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.03%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.37%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.22%) Virtual Team
3 4 (4.12%) PKI
4 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.06%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) BYOD
6 1 (1.03%) CMDB
6 1 (1.03%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.03%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.03%) FMCG
6 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Life Science
6 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (49.48%) Windows
2 29 (29.90%) Android
3 24 (24.74%) Mac OS
4 19 (19.59%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.09%) Linux
6 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.03%) VMS
6 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) E-Commerce
2 23 (23.71%) ITSM
3 18 (18.56%) Service Management
4 14 (14.43%) Change Management
5 13 (13.40%) Computer Science
6 11 (11.34%) Project Management
7 10 (10.31%) Load Balancing
8 9 (9.28%) Process Improvement
9 8 (8.25%) Agile
9 8 (8.25%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (6.19%) DevOps
10 6 (6.19%) Network Design
10 6 (6.19%) Task Automation
11 5 (5.15%) Customer Requirements
11 5 (5.15%) ITIL
11 5 (5.15%) Network Virtualisation
12 3 (3.09%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (3.09%) Performance Management
12 3 (3.09%) Problem Management
12 3 (3.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.77%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.43%) Python
3 4 (4.12%) VB
4 3 (3.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (34.02%) Security Cleared
2 29 (29.90%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (27.84%) DV Cleared
4 20 (20.62%) CCNA
5 17 (17.53%) CCNP
6 15 (15.46%) Degree
7 13 (13.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.15%) CCIE
8 5 (5.15%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.09%) CCDP
10 2 (2.06%) JNCIS
11 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.03%) CCSA
11 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.22%) SLA
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 43 (44.33%) Active Directory
2 22 (22.68%) VMware NSX
3 5 (5.15%) Firmware
4 3 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (25.77%) SCCM
2 21 (21.65%) vCenter Server
3 11 (11.34%) Ansible
4 7 (7.22%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.12%) Terraform
6 1 (1.03%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (41.24%) Microsoft
3 37 (38.14%) Meraki
4 29 (29.90%) Juniper
5 26 (26.80%) SolarWinds
6 24 (24.74%) Splunk
7 13 (13.40%) F5
8 9 (9.28%) Palo Alto
9 7 (7.22%) Peregrine
9 7 (7.22%) Remedy
9 7 (7.22%) ServiceNow
9 7 (7.22%) VMware
10 5 (5.15%) Citrix
11 4 (4.12%) Arista
11 4 (4.12%) Broadcom
12 2 (2.06%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.06%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.03%) Apple
13 1 (1.03%) Fujitsu
13 1 (1.03%) HP